Dick Durbin: “I have enjoyed serving with Senator Fitzgerald, and I wish him the very best, whatever the next venture might be, and I…”

Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.

To leave here without this being a law finalized to protect these young people … is painful, really painful. I don’t want them to feel like I’m abandoning them.

Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.